1985 Desiree Svend Jensen Hans Christian Andersen Christmas cup

The motif of this 1985 Desirée annual cup WITHOUT saucer from The Porcelain Factory Desiree, also known as Désirée Denmark, Svend Jensen of Denmark, Old Copenhagen Blue is Kronbrog Castle which is found in the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale Holder Danske. The 1985 Hans Christian Andersen Annual Cup had the same motif as the 1985 Svend Jensen Christmas plate. So the 1985 Desiree Annual Cup and the 1985 Desiree Christmas plate are actaully a beautiful coffee set with plate and cup. According to the fairytale "Holger Danske" by Hans Christian Andersen Holger Danske is sleeping deep down in the cellar at the Danish castle named Kronborg Castle. Holger Danske is dreaming about the things which are happening in Denmark and on Christmas Eve an angel is coming to tell him that everything he dreams is true and Denmark is not in any danger. The guns at Kronborg bid strange ships welcome but this means nothing to Holger Danske who will just wake up in an emergency to save Denmark. Désirée started the Annual cup series in 1982 and ended it in 2001. So 20 different sets were made to complete a perfect coffee set. All motifs of the Hans Christian Andersen annual cups from Désirée are inspired by Hans Christian Andersen´s Fairy Tales.